Army Suicide Rate Highest in 26 Years

rabcomlink 05:27:13 PM Aug 19 2007

wilco4008 08:46:40 PM Aug 16 2007

They knew what they were getting into. If you want to go to another country and kill a bunch of people who did nothing wrong to you than what do you expect? It's not like World War 2 when we were fighting the nazis and guys got drafted.

I wouldn't exactly describe the terrorist butchers, kid killers, users of human shields, beheaders, "People". Probably another major reason for a soldier to commit suicide is being bombarded daily in the media with the left wing rhetoric about this war, their wishes to pull out now, its all a mistake......etc. etc. They claim to support our troops, and that is the biggest lie of our times.

hallsofhope 03:21:03 PM Aug 19 2007

I am stunned to read about this. I am not nor have I ever been for our involvement in Iraq and this is a good example why. How horrible these men thought they had to commit suicide to find peace.

garre9j 10:25:00 PM Aug 18 2007

Sad, these young men and women not only have peer pressure such as when at high school and multiple suicides would occur for apparently minor reasons , now they have the trauma of war.

williamehlert 01:48:01 PM Aug 17 2007

There has always been a lot of suicide in the military,
even in Vietnam. There we always had men going
off the deep end. Many times they killed a lot of our
men on the way out. One soldier killed 33 men
watching a movie becasue he was told to leave
that company area, another ran through the 33rd
Ord Co spaying the hooches with an M 60, and I
remember too many times hearing of someone
thowing a frag.
War is hell as the saying goes and we will see
many more do this, Some there, some when they
come home, some before they go. Been that way
in every war.

fopco1 10:30:54 AM Aug 17 2007

Wilco4008 - It is obvious by your comments that you are a simpleton. Responding further to your moronic posting would be to elevate you to a level above snakedung and therefore far too lofty.

steffensewl 09:41:47 AM Aug 17 2007

swim4home, you have been in the water way too long. Come ashore, shake the water from your brain and think. Seems to this point you have been in the deep end far to long.

sweetpbon4 12:47:00 AM Aug 17 2007

These young brave men don't realize what they are getting into. I'm sure they joined up trying to defend our country then get over there and realize what true hell is! God be with all of them. None of us can probably even imagine what they endure and witness. I don't agree with Bush or this war. This is just another sign that this war was a huge mistake and we must find a way to get our boys home. If members of Congress sent all their children to fight over there the tide would change so fast over this war our heads would spin.

wilco4008 08:46:00 PM Aug 16 2007

They knew what they were getting into. If you want to go to another country and kill a bunch of people who did nothing wrong to you than what do you expect? It's not like World War 2 when we were fighting the nazis and guys got drafted.

robslishy 06:48:50 PM Aug 16 2007

(contunued from the note below) America wouldn't be the same had it not been for brave men like them. The few who have family members, loved ones, friends in the military are lucky to know even one of the men who serve our country. Any man can fight for our country, but it takes a stronger man to put aside thier difrences of opinion about the war, put their faith in thier country and fight any way- that makes a strong soldier brave, that makes up the American Military. We should put aside our diferences and be ever suportive and uplifting. God bless america and God Bless our troops.

robslishy 06:45:26 PM Aug 16 2007

my husband is a soldier and I am really proud of him. He's an Apache Helicopter Mechanic (i think i spelled that right). I don't think a lot of these guys know what their getting themselves into and should have the right to talk to a councler (not a chaplin) should they feel a need to. My heart goes out to the men who ended it with out looking towards the future. Im sure home life gets pretty hard concidering more military wives cheat on their husbands then soldiers cheat on their wives, that and stress of being away from families and loved ones makes things that much harder, now add the stress of fighting to live. I know many men around the base where we live who are hurting inside and out due to seeing their friends get blown up and hurt. To be a soldier is a tough job, it takes a strong man and even strong men fall. so to everyone one whom bashed the military or the government, we may not agree with the war soldiers have to fight for our country but America wouldn't be the same had